Founding iOS Developer

iOS Developer (Founding) — Venice Beach CA, Hybrid
About us:
Our partner is a repeat-founder team building a consumer social + health product. Tagline: Healthmaxxing With Friends. Alpha users love it, and we are ready to hire our first founding full-stack engineer.
The role:
Own the iOS app end to end. Design the architecture, ship delightful UI, and make the app feel fast, reliable, and social. Partner closely with backend to shape APIs, real-time interactions, and data flows. This is staff level and up with real product and design influence.
What you’ll do:
Build and ship Swift and SwiftUI features that drive daily habit and retention
Shape app architecture, navigation, state, modularization, and offline behavior
Integrate HealthKit, Apple Watch, notifications, background tasks, and app extensions
Partner with backend on real-time feeds, push, WebSockets or SSE, and API design
You might be a fit if you have:
3–10+ years building consumer iOS apps users love, from prototype to App Store
Deep Swift and SwiftUI, async/await, Combine, and app architecture patterns (MVVM or Redux-style)
Experience with HealthKit or similar device integrations, push, deeplinks, and permissions
Strong product taste, accessibility awareness, and a habit of measuring outcomes
Comfort in small, fast teams where you own decisions and ship weekly
Nice to have:
WatchKit or watchOS complications
AVFoundation or short-video capture and playback
Security and privacy for health-adjacent data
Location and setup:
Hybrid in Venice Beach. West Coast preferred. Relocation supported within 6–12 months. Competitive comp with strong equity.
How to apply
Send a short note and links to GitHub or shipped work to jobs@vamotalent.com. Bonus: Include one example of a performance or reliability win you are proud of!